"What will Michele do next?" was the question on every editors mind at MFW. Fashion's newest wunderkind credited with reinvigorating the house of Gucci has coined the current aesthetic of bower bird-esque piling on, clashing fabrics and vintage references topped with spectacles, finished with an air of opulence - and his A/W '16 presentation (watch the show here) was no exception.

Continuing with the chic study of the beau-monde - albeit slightly more frayed - Think: Mick and Keith in Marrakesh and Courtney Love anywhere in the '90s - Roberto Cavalli and No.21 took a louche, devil-may-care approach to luxury for their collections.

Where Gucci's gentry were lounging around in stately, turn-of-the-century interiors, Cavalli's were hanging out backstage in swaths of rock luxe silks, velvet, embroidered denim and lurex - signatures of newly-appointed Creative Director Peter Dundas fresh from the flamboyant, gypset stylings of Emilio Pucci while No.21-ers were front and centre, rocking out in patchworked furs in leopard print, tobacco and jungle green, grungy plaids, vintage floral slip dresses and Malibu-esque prints of palm trees and beach vistas.

Following this brief workout, when our aristo girl begins to think of more low-key pursuits, she would perhaps slip into something from Alberta Ferretti's collection. Described in the show notes as, "A world filtered by dreams, fantasies and aspirations," the collection was an almost literal homage to sleepwear (that one would never sleep in, of course - however, lounging may be permitted) littered with velveteen robes, printed silk pajama suits and lacy slip dresses, made boudoir-to-bar appropriate with luxurious fur capelets, skirts and jackets that Ferretti paired them with. Happily, her signature feather-light, floating silk dresses made an appearance, in soft saturations of grey, taupe, rouge and seafoam, sprinkled with embroidery of fairytale fauna and flora - sweet dreams indeed.

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